DESCRIBING PEOPLE – APPEARANCE AGE: in his teens/ teenage; in his early / mid/ late twenties; newborn; middle-aged; elderly. HEIGHT/BUILD: tall, slim, skinny, well-built, thin, muscular, medium height and build, short, fat, plump, overweight, broadshouldered. HAIR: straight, wavy, curly, cropped (коротко стриженный), long, short, thick, going bald, blond(e), fair, brown, dark, black, shoulder-length, permed (хим. завивка), dyed (крашенные), fringe. FACE: oval, round, square, long, angular, freckled, wrinkled, heart-shaped,chubby COMPLEXION: tanned, dark, pale. CHEEKS: rosy, round, chubby, high cheekbones. EYEBROWS: arched, thick, thin, bushy. EYES: green, brown, blue, grey, big, small, almond-shape, slanting, wide apart, close together, round, deep-set. EYELASHES: thick, long, short. NOSE: snub, pointed, hook, button, straight, crooked / curved, hooked, Roman, flat, turned-up. MOUTH: wide, small, full lips, thin lips, crooked teeth. CHIN: pointed, double, square jaw. SPECIAL FEATURES: walks with a limp, tattoo, scar, dimples, spots, a beard, a moustache, a centre parting, sideburns, freckles, wrinkles, mole, birthmark. FOREHEAD: high, low, wide. EARS: small, pointed, large, prominent, sticking out. GENERAL APPEARANCE: Positive: beautiful is generally used to describe women; handsome is used to describe men; good-looking and attractive are used for both. Pretty is another positive word to describe a woman (often a girl), meaning ‘attractive and nice to look at’. Negative: ugly is a negative word, plain is negative but more polite. e.g. She’s a very smart and elegant woman, always well-dressed; her husband is quite the opposite, very scruffy (неряшливый) and untidy looking. He’s very good-looking, but his friend’s rather unattractive. Do you think beautiful women are always attracted to handsome men? I think first impressions matter most.